MB Financial, Inc. Repurchases Warrant from U.S. Treasury

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

MB Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBFI), the holding company for MB Financial Bank, N.A. (the “Company”), announced today that it repurchased in full the ten-year warrant held by the U.S. Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) to purchase 506,024 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in 2008 to the Treasury as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) Capital Purchase Program. The price paid by the Company to repurchase the warrant was $1.5 million.

On March 14, 2012, the Company repurchased all $196.0 million of the Series A Preferred Stock that was issued to the Treasury under the TARP Capital Purchase Program. The Company has repurchased all securities issued to the Treasury under the TARP Capital Purchase Program.

MB Financial, Inc., a Chicago-based financial holding company, is the parent company of MB Financial Bank, N.A. MB Financial Bank is a locally-operated financial institution that has been delivering competitive personalized service for 100 years to businesses and individuals who live and work in the Chicago metropolitan area. MB Financial Bank has approximately 90 locations throughout the Chicagoland area. More information about the Company can be found at http://www.mbfinancial.com.

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